School of nursing news
U-M School of Nursing Awarded Grant for Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholars Program
Mar 30, 2012Program prepares nurses with doctoral degrees
The Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence has awarded the University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) a grant for the Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholars Program for 2012. Launched in 2008, with six scholars in three states, the program now includes more than 200 students at nearly 85 schools across the US. The program was created to prepare nurses with doctoral degrees and create new models of care delivery between schools of nursing and clinical settings. “This award is critical in supporting graduate... Read more
Dr. Martyn's Research Seeks to Improve Sexual Risk Communication with Adolescents
Mar 23, 2012A study by Dr. Kristy Martyn shows significant benefits to using Event History Calendars to facilitate communication. Effective communication is a key element of any patient-healthcare provider relationship. Associate Professor Dr. Kristy Martyn’s innovative research reflects this essential understanding in the context of conversation with adolescent patients on sexual risk behavior, a context for which open and collaborative communication is particularly imperative—and challenging—to establish. Dr. Martyn and her research team have recently completed the pilot test of an... Read more
U-M School of Nursing Will Expand with New Building Project
Mar 16, 2012Expansion will create additional space for simulation and clinical learning for students to explore, research, engage, strive, and learn. Ann Arbor, Mich. – The U-M School of Nursing (UMSN) today announced it will construct a new building of approximately 75,000 gross square feet to accommodate instructional spaces, a clinical learning center with simulation and skill labs, and simulated patient suites in an environment that will foster collaboration and community. The new building will also include space for a small number of faculty offices and limited administrative functions. The... Read more
U-M School of Nursing One of Three Schools to Receive 5 Year Grant for Prestigious Hillman Scholars Program in Nursing Innovation
Feb 28, 2012The program is designed to produce the next generation of research leaders who have the knowledge and skills to solve complex health problems and improve patient care. Ann Arbor, Mich. – The University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) today announced they are one of only three schools to receive the prestigious Hillman Scholars Program in Nursing Innovation grant awarded by The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation. The program is designed to produce the next generation of research leaders who have the knowledge and skills to solve complex health problems and improve patient care.... Read more
New Film Produced by Dr. Strodtman Discusses Pediatric End-of-Life Care
Feb 21, 2012"Difficult Decisions in Pediatric Care: Just Because We Can, Should We?" tells the stories of five critically ill children and their families.
In an age of increasingly powerful health care technology, Dr. Linda Strodtman, Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing, is boldly addressing an issue often ignored by the health care community, that of end-of-life care. According to Dr. Strodtman, the need for an honest conversation about patient death in what she calls a “death-denying society,” has never been more profound. Her most recent film, “Difficult Decisions in Pediatric Care:... Read more
School of Nursing Offers Unprecedented Integration of Peace Corps and Graduate Studies
Feb 10, 2012The U-M School of Nursing has become the first school of nursing to partner with the Peace Corps' Master's International program.
In an increasingly international career market, the U-M School of Nursing is meeting the demand for globally-oriented healthcare professionals. Master’s students in the School of Nursing who have chosen to add the new International Health Concentration (IHC) to their degree may now fulfill the concentration’s hands-on training requirement through Peace Corps service work. Starting in September 2012, U-M School of Nursing students in any Master’s program... Read more
Drs. Talsma and Tschannen Develop Tool to Aid in Treatment of Pressure Ulcers
Feb 07, 2012The Pressure Ulcer Clinical Care Daily provides nurses with data that is salient to the treatment of pressure ulcers in order to facilitate timely and directed care.
Two U-M School of Nursing faculty—Assistant Professor Dr. AkkeNeel Talsma and Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Dana Tschannen—have developed a tool to assist nurses in making the best possible clinical decisions regarding treatment and prevention of pressure ulcers in acute care settings. The tool, called the Pressure Ulcer (PU) Clinical Care Daily (or “Daily”), has been implemented in several nursing units at the... Read more
Dr. Kane Low Served as Delegate to National Home Birth Consensus Summit
Jan 31, 2012The three-day Summit sought to find common ground in the environment of conflicting opinion currently surrounding the issue of home birth.
In October 2011, leaders and stakeholders from all sectors of maternity care gathered in Warrenton, VA, to attend the Home Birth Consensus Summit, a three-day meeting intended to establish common ground between those engaged in the national discussion of home birth in order to make the experience of home birth the safest and most positive it can be for the women who choose it. School of Nursing Assistant Professor Dr. Lisa Kane Low, who serves as... Read more
The School of Nursing Moves to 6th Place in NIH Research Rankings
Jan 13, 2012The School's advancement in ranking reflects our faculty's continued commitment to critical health sciences.
In the 2011 National Institutes of Health (NIH) rankings, the U-M School of Nursing is now sixth place out of nursing schools nationwide in terms of research funding awarded. This placement represents a move forward from the School’s eighth place ranking of the last several years.
“The ranking reflects the School’s effort to continue producing and supporting high impact science to improve the health of people,” said Dr. Kathleen Potempa, Dean of the School of the... Read moreU-M School of Nursing Redesignated as a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center
Dec 22, 2011The School of Nursing retains status as a World Health Organization Collaborating Center.
The Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has redesignated the U-M School of Nursing as a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Clinical Training in Health Promotion Nursing, effective for a period of four years. The School of Nursing was first designated as a WHO Collaborating Center in August 1997.
“Since 1997, the World Health Organization Collaborating Center has provided an outlet for our School’s forward-thinking research in health... Read more
